Re: [Orgmode] Feature request: Select links by description [7.4]

[Dave Abrahams]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> When using org-insert-link, it would be far better for me to have it
>> show me the _descriptions_ of links (the default link text), rather
>> than showing me the links themselves.  This is especially true of
>> email links, which are generally long and unintelligible by
>> themselves.
>>
>> I have something set up that stores a link to every email I send, so I
>> can easily link to follow-ups in my active Org items.  As a result, I
>> end up with *lots* of stored links, which makes this a real struggle.
>
> `org-insert-link' *does* already displays the description of the links
> like this:
>
> http://orgmode.org (Org Mode website)
> http://orgmode.org/worg/ (Worg website)
>
> The description is within the parenthese.
>
> I think it's good to have both the link *and* the description.
>
> What would be a better way of presenting the description?


Since you asked: put the descriptions first.  The links I store are
fairly complicated: they bring up a virtual folder containing all the
messages in the thread of the message I just sent, with the message
itself selected.  I'm sure the descriptions don't show up at all
because they get pushed off the right edge of the window.


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Dave Abrahams
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